Two Fatal Crashes In Minnesota Friday Evening

Undated (KROC-AM News) - The State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in the Brainerd Lakes area.

The deadly collision involved a pickup truck and a semi-truck along a Crow Wing County Road south of Deerwood Friday evening shortly after 7 PM. The 62-year-old man from Deerwood driving the pickup was killed in the crash. His name has not been released.

The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office is also reporting a fatal crash that occurred on Friday.

Officials say a 23-year-old man was killed when the pickup he was driving left an Anoka County Road in a rural area north of Coon Rapids and crashed into a swamp shortly after 6 PM. Two of the victim’s passengers suffered non-life threatening injuries.